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👤 80cc80c wrote:replyI've actually already thought about something like that. But now I wish you would publish it soon so that I no longer have to rack my own brains 😄
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✨ spence wrote:replyHey, thanks. The code is actually written, but I’ve been holding off on publishing it because I haven’t had the chance to write the documentation while I’ve been moving. Luckily, things have started to stabilize, so I should be able to release it in a few months. I’d love for help too.
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👤 f05855e wrote:replyInstead of using the subject, wouldn't it be better, to use Plus-Mail-Adresses for identifiers, where the part after the plus defines the (hashed?) target? E.g.spenc.es+email-as-a-commenting-system@r3ply.com?
This would especially increase usability for people writing the comment, as you can define the subject as you like e.g. *Comment on "Email as a Commenting System" [spenc.es]*etc.
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✨ spence wrote:replyThere are some restrictions on the local part of the address portion of the email spec that limit the usefulness of this approach. Mainly the length and the allowed characters aren’t very compatible with URL paths, so it just becomes problematic for it to work.
This has become less of an issue more recently because in the latest version (that I’m open sourcing soon), the hashing is no longer used in the subject line. Now it’s just the resource you’re commenting on, which also just aligns semantically with what a subject line is supposed to be.
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👤 f2d24b3 wrote:replyAwesome! I would love to use this on my own little blog. Let me know when it goes open source! Will I get an email when someone replies to my comment?
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✨ spence wrote:replySo happy to hear you like it. I will definitely let you know when it’s open source (getting very close now).
Will I get an email when someone replies to my comment?
Good question! For now no, because I don’t think that what people want. However, if you go to your comment[#78b770a4](https://spenc.es/comment/78b770a4>](https://spenc.es/comment/78b770a4), you will see an RSS link.
Every comment has an atom feed so people can opt-in to get notifications to when people respond to a comment. There’s also a page of all comments, and you can even choose an alias.
But I’m grateful for your interest. Feel free to leave feedback anywhere on this site or just contact me.
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👤 861dcaf wrote:replyHi
I think this is very neat. Would be really nice to see this as open source. I think it would be especially useful for small sites that have a static website and do not wish to install some large, complicated, database backed, web based comment system. Email is still such a useful medium for communication and this would be another neat application that builds upon the advantages and maturity of email.
Mike
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✨ spence wrote:replyHi Mike! Thanks for your kind words.
I totally agree with email. It’s been totally undervalued as an interface.
I think maybe part of the reason why is that it’s historically (and still is) kind of “difficult”. But, once you get it set up and working it’s so nice. I’ve really been enjoying seeing people play with this, and just knowing that there’s a way interact with people on my website makes me feel so much more excited about writing content for my website (which I’m really bad about haha).
-Spence
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👤 162e9e8 wrote:replyWell done! You're right, my email client provides a much better writing UX than commenting in those tiny comment boxes. Especially for longer, more thoughtful comments. Maybe using this people will feel less nervous to compose longer more thoughtful conversations on the Internet and we'll start seeing richer, deeper conversations take place through the online ecosystem!
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